Chieftain, The
Bands: BRYRKWKWKWKY · Stripes: DB R LO R K W K W K W K LO DB R LO R K W K W K W K LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=631
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/10/1973 — Chieftain, The (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1973 October — Chieftain, The (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 631
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4503
Thread count
DB/34 DR12 DY4 DR12 K4 W4 K4 W20 K2 W4 K2 DY/6
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #00008C #00008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DY | #C88C00 #C88C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.15 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Baird Dress — ΔT 0.91
- Auld Alliance — ΔT 0.92
- Baird, dress — ΔT 0.95
- Carnegie #2 — ΔT 1.00
- Unnamed - C19th (Annie Oakley) — ΔT 1.09
- Willox — ΔT 1.09
- Cameron of Erracht Dress — ΔT 1.11
- Willox (Name) — ΔT 1.14
- International Council for Commercial Arbitration — ΔT 1.17
- Highfield Dress (Name) — ΔT 1.20
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14313 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
ID: /setts/s12/db17r6lo2r6k2w2k2w10k1w2k1lo3~x2/